Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 15:29:51 -0800 From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> To: Roger Hardiman <roger@cs.strath.ac.uk>, "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: Udo Wolter <udo.wolter@charite.de>, freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ISA-Soundcards will vanish... Message-ID: <19981112152951.B7953@Alameda.net> In-Reply-To: <364AB844.2781@cs.strath.ac.uk>; from Roger Hardiman on Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 10:28:20AM %2B0000 References: <XFMail.981112194600.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <364AB844.2781@cs.strath.ac.uk>
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On Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 10:28:20AM +0000, Roger Hardiman wrote: > Hi all, > > The lack of PCI soundcard support is down to three things. > a) we need a developer with some spare time > b) that developer needs a PCI sound card > c) and they need the data sheets for the chipset. I have an Ensoniq PCI card (label from SIIG). If someone can organize the data sheets I can look at driver development as I put the other driver I was working on to the side, as I need to understand some other stuff before I can continue it. > > Often it is hard to get all three requirements met at the same time. > > Sometimes companies are reluctant to give out the chipset datasheets. > > But there is hope. > NetBSD does have a driver for a PCI sound card (I forget which now) > OSS does support some PCI soundcards. (I think the Sound Blaster 128) CL has now a SB Live! Value out ($99 or less) and I could think about picking one up too. But I have no time in hunting down data sheets as my day time is real full right now. > > FreeBSD is only lacking due to resource problems. > > I agree on the need for this development. > Now Sound Blaster have released the SB Live card, I can see the > ISA AWE64's becoming harder to source. > However, there will always be someone making the 'cheap and low quality' > $20 ISA > sound cards for a few years. > > Bye > Roger > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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